Colossendeidae

Colossendeidae
Temporal range: Jurassic–present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Pycnogonida
Order: Pantopoda
Family: Colossendeidae
Jarzynsky, 1870
Genera

Colossendeis
Decolopoda
Dodecolopoda
Hedgpethia
Pentacolossendeis
Rhopalorhynchus

Diversity
6 genera

Colossendeidae is a family of sea spiders (class Pycnogonida).[1] This family includes more than 100 species distributed among six genera.[2] These sea spiders inhabit the deep sea mostly but are also found in shallower waters, especially in Antarctic and Arctic waters.[3]

  1. ^ "PycnoBase - Colossendeidae Jarzynsky, 1870". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  2. ^ "ITIS - Report: Colossendeidae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  3. ^ Dietz, Lars; Dömel, Jana S.; Leese, Florian; Mahon, Andrew R.; Mayer, Christoph (2019). "Phylogenomics of the longitarsal Colossendeidae: The evolutionary history of an Antarctic sea spider radiation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 136: 206–214. Bibcode:2019MolPE.136..206D. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.017. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 31002869.